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Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada

The quarry has been inactive since 1981 and will never be active again. It is in the central part of the city of Montréal (pop. over 2.5 million), in a residential area, and owned by the City. It is used for snow dumping in winter. Actually, the quarry could be listed by its city address: 3701 rue Jarry Est, Montréal.

The island of Montréal is overlaid with limestones which have been intruded by nepheline syenites. Almost everywhere on the island these intrusions form sills that contain these rare minerals.

Refs.:
- Jambor, J.L. et al. (1986), Canadian Mineralogist: 24: 449-453.
- Jambor, J.L., Sabina, A.P., Ramik, R.A., and Sturman, B.D. (1990) A fluorine-bearng gibbsite-like mineral from Francon quarry, Montreal, Quebec. Canadian Mineralogist: 28: 147-153.
- Tschernich, R. (1992): Zeolites of the World, p.52, 239, 342
- Tarassoff, P. , Horvath, E. and Pfenninger-Horvath, E. (2006). Famous mineral localities: the Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec. The Mineralogical Record, 37 (1) : 5-60.
- Tarassoff, P., Horvath, E. and Pfenninger-Horvath, E. (2006): Francon Revisited. Mineralogical Record 37 (3): 257-263





Map Reference: 45°34'20"N , 73°36'50"W

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Mineral List:
Aegirine
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
Almandine
Analcime
Anatase
Ankerite
Apatite-(CaF)
Baddeleyite
Baryte
'Bastnäsite'
Biotite
Brookite
Calcite
Celestine
Cerussite
Chromite
Cristobalite
Crocoite
Cryolite
Dachiardite-Na
Dawsonite
Dickite
Dolomite
Doyleite (TL)
Dresserite (TL)
Elpidite
Fluorite
Franconite (TL)
Galena
Garronite
Gibbsite
Gismondine
Glauconite
Goethite
Graphite
Gypsum
Halite
Halloysite
Halotrichite
Harmotome
Hematite
Hochelagaite (TL)
Humboldtine
Hydrocerussite
Hydrodresserite (TL)
Kaolinite
Magnetite
Marcasite
Microcline
Molybdenite
Montmorillonite
Montroyalite (TL)
Mordenite
Nahcolite
Natrojarosite
Natrolite
Nepheline
Nordstrandite
'Olivine'
Paratacamite
'Phillipsite'
Phlogopite
Pseudorutile
Pyrite
Pyrochlore
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rozenite
Rutile
var: Ilmenorutile
Sabinaite (TL)
Saponite
'Serpentine Group'
Siderite
Smythite
Sphalerite
Strontianite
Strontiodresserite (TL)
Sulphur
Synchysite-(Ce)
Talc
Thaumasite
Thenardite
Thorbastnäsite
Viitaniemiite
Voggite (TL)
Weloganite (TL)
Zircon


89 entries listed. 81 valid minerals. 10 type localities (valid minerals).

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